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| 1 | CHAMBER ACTION | ||
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| 6 | The Committee on Health Care recommends the following: | ||
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| 8 | Committee Substitute | ||
| 9 | Remove the entire bill and insert: | ||
| 10 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 11 | An act relating to the State Risk Management Trust Fund; | ||
| 12 | amending s. 284.01, F.S.; providing construction; | ||
| 13 | requiring the fund to insure the property of certain | ||
| 14 | hospital districts under certain circumstances; providing | ||
| 15 | an effective date. | ||
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 19 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 284.01, Florida | ||
| 20 | Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 21 | 284.01 State Risk Management Trust Fund; coverages to be | ||
| 22 | provided.-- | ||
| 23 | (1) The State Risk Management Trust Fund shall insure | ||
| 24 | those properties designated in subsection (2) which are owned by | ||
| 25 | the state or its agencies, boards, or bureaus against loss from | ||
| 26 | fire, lightning, sinkholes, and hazards customarily insured by | ||
| 27 | extended coverage and loss from the removal of personal property | ||
| 28 | from such properties when endangered by covered perils. For the | ||
| 29 | purposes of this part, a hospital district created by special | ||
| 30 | act that operates one or more hospitals, nursing homes, or other | ||
| 31 | health care facilities shall be considered a state agency and | ||
| 32 | its property shall be considered owned by the state. The fund | ||
| 33 | shall insure the property of such a district in the same manner | ||
| 34 | as property owned by other state agencies, boards, or bureaus, | ||
| 35 | upon the request of such district and payment of the premiums | ||
| 36 | for such insurance.Furthermore, the fund may also insure the | ||
| 37 | State Regional Office Building located in the City of | ||
| 38 | Jacksonville, Duval County, including the parking facility owned | ||
| 39 | by the City of Jacksonville, since such building is jointly | ||
| 40 | owned by the State of Florida and the City of Jacksonville. The | ||
| 41 | City of Jacksonville shall be responsible for the payment of all | ||
| 42 | premiums charged by the fund to insure property owned by the | ||
| 43 | City of Jacksonville. Flood insurance shall be provided for | ||
| 44 | state-owned structures and contents designated in subsection (2) | ||
| 45 | to the extent necessary to meet self-insurance requirements of | ||
| 46 | the National Flood Insurance Program, as prescribed in rules and | ||
| 47 | regulations of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 44 | ||
| 48 | C.F.R. parts 59, 60, and 74, effective October 1, 1986. | ||
| 49 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||